(January 19, 2017 at 6:41 pm)Pulse Wrote: There is controversy regarding GA, as Will Larson expressed in his article Genetic Programming: A Novel Failure.
Just had a quick scan of this. Genetic programming is not the same as a genetic algorithm.
Genetic programming is an idea for using GAs to create computer programs. That wasn't very successful for many different reasons. GAs are used for so many more things. For example for creating neural networks, electronic system diagrams, aerofoils for use on planes etc. They are simply a computational search based on an understanding of evolution.